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    Difficult Times, Difficult Decisions

    This week we are reducing our workforce by 25%.  This was an incredibly painful decision for me and the leadership team, but, in the end, we concluded that we had no choice but to securely batten down the hatches as we sail into a major economic storm.

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    Automated Quotes on Zillow Mortgage Marketplace

    We are excited to announce the Zillow Quote API  today, a new feature within Zillow Mortgage Marketplace that makes it easier and more efficient for participating lenders to provide custom quotes to borrowers. The Quote API automates quotes through an ...

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    Noon Tune-in: Zillow CFO Spencer Rascoff on Blogtalkradio

    Spencer Rascoff, CFO and VP Marketing at Zillow, will be the guest of Alan Levy’s on Blog Talk Radio today at 12 PM Pacific time (3 PM Eastern). Tune in to blogtalkradio.com and hear Alan and Spencer chat about the mortgage crisis, negative equity ...

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    An Example of City Data from the Zillow API – Banks.com

    It’s well known that other Web sites can utilize Zestimates to provide content to their visitors — there are a number of sites (Yahoo! Real Estate, Redfin, ZIPRealty, Southern WInds Realty, Prudential California, etc) in the Zillow API Network ...

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    Carnival of Real Estate #112

    The 112th edition of the Carnival of Real Estate is posted over at Staged4More. There are 3 honorable mentions to go along with the 3 picks of the week — head over and take a look! Our own Drew Meyers received an honorable mention for his ...

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    People’s Picks 2008 – Rock the Zillow Vote

    We want your vote! Zillow has been nominated in NWjobs People’s Picks awards in four categories: Favorite Seattle Area Company Coolest Office Space Favorite High-Tech Company Favorite Startup If you love Zillow, and have 30 free seconds, please cast ...

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    Carnival of Real Estate #111

    Andrew Kantor of VAR Buzz took the hammer and “rang the bell” at the carnival with his thoroughly enjoyable and creative 111th edition post of the Carnival of Real Estate. Andrew used the Virginia State Fair as his theme and selected 8 posts.

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    Real Time Convo – Hot Discussions

    Zillow Discussions have really taken a life of their own lately. With the recent introduction of the Economic Watch section, we’ve been inundated with user commentary on everything from the bailout to the stock market and AIG. It’s amazing ...